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Wilfred Yeats
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0 posted 2001-02-07 02:44 PM



I'll not forget that day
The sky was filled with northern lights
Surreal in its beauty
The woodland's trees reflecting sights

Fungi, moss and rocks glowed in unreal colors
Its pools began to bubble
From the hillside's granite crags
Even stones began to tumble

Still warm from the sun's bright rays
I felt no fear I just loved nature
I rested on a pine bed
To let the forest nurture

Was the rest a dream
Was I spelled by fungi's smell
I believe I stayed awake
As I laid in quiet dell

Naiads played in pools
Not frightened by the gnomes
Sprites and trolls abounded
Then ran off to their homes

And then the most real part
An Elf came right up to me
I'd thought they all were males
But 'twas you, and filled with glee

In buckskin quite revealing
Peaked cap with feather Pheasant
Slippers with curled toes
My outlook was quite pleasant

Without a word you kissed me
Yes an elf kissed me it's true
And I kissed back sincere
No doubt 'cause it was you

Love bloomed and spread its petals
In those woods we made a glow
Our love flared then and flowered
From each caress endearment flowed

Hours flew and then you slept
Nestled closely in my arms
When my eyes closed I dreamt you stayed
Where I kept you safe from alarms

But when I awoke the woods were bare
Sunlight dappled the ferns
The birds chirped their songs
Yet for you my heart still burns

Was it a dream or figment thereof
This love from a fantasy rare
Or was it real, a true sublime deal
Could I marry an Elf so fair

I return to the trees
Back to our soft pine bed
Praying that you will return
Praying that we will be wed

All I have is a memory
And a soft pheasant feather
Memories of sweet elfin love
Will remain in all weather


Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.

             ~ Chinese Proverb ~





[This message has been edited by Wilfred Yeats (edited 02-08-2001).]

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Irish Rose
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1 posted 2001-02-07 02:48 PM


this is lovely

"I walked beside the evening sea and dreamed a dream that could not be." George William Curtis



ATelamon
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2 posted 2001-02-07 02:52 PM


Perhaps our most profound moments can be found in areas where dreams and corporeal reality melt and merge-the meeting places.

I hope you find your elf-magic being love.


[This message has been edited by ATelamon (edited 02-07-2001).]

Sunshine
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3 posted 2001-02-07 02:58 PM


What a charming title....sure to pull in even the hardest of souls...

and a delightfully charming read...makes me smile with impish delight...

THIS....goes into my library!....{~,^}

ethome
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4 posted 2001-02-07 03:06 PM


Wow! you just took me on quite a fairytale trip there Bill and it was so well written that I went there and enjoyed it so very much......very creative sir very well done!!   ethome
Corinne
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5 posted 2001-02-07 03:56 PM


How very romantic, thank you for the enchanting story!

Corinne

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6 posted 2001-02-07 07:08 PM


This is beautiful Bill. . . just amazing. . . what a wonderful story. . . I love the images, I love the setting. . . I love everything about it. . .

Superb Sir. . .

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To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world.

tracie66
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7 posted 2001-02-07 07:15 PM


Bill~
WOW!! this is my kinda stuff, I just love it  
grear read and write
~HUGS~
Tracie~

Yep the ~HUGS~ are back, I've been on Hols and look at what I've missed, our new home is great :>
Bye Bill


Love is the life of the soul...
It is the harmony of the universe



Martie
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8 posted 2001-02-07 07:51 PM


Bill---I know the words charming, romantic and enchanting were already used...but that's what this is.
Alwye
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9 posted 2001-02-07 09:28 PM


Charming and truly lovely!  I loved the story and the beautiful images.  Well written!

*Krista Knutson*

I'm a slow dying flower
In a frost-killing hour
The sweet turning sour and untouchable...
-Natalie Merchant

Paula Finn
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10 posted 2001-02-08 03:12 AM


This is so wonderful...sweet and sensual all in one...what a charming lil elf she must be to capture your heart

We all have wings...some of us don't know why


lucky
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11 posted 2001-02-08 03:24 AM


Bill,

I like this one well... It could be the nature thing, it catches me every time. If you wern't lookin' I could steal a few lines, I mean words, no I mean syllables. How about vowels.

Very good my friend, dale


Rosemary J. Gwaltney
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12 posted 2001-02-08 03:29 AM


Enchanting - like a fairy tale, but more real somehow - I love it!

HopeS
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13 posted 2001-02-08 08:12 AM


You word such beautiful scenes Bill
I was enchanted and enthralled !!!
Hope

HopeS
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14 posted 2001-02-08 08:14 AM


You word such beautiful scenes Bill
I was enchanted and enthralled !!
Hope

HopeS
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15 posted 2001-02-08 08:34 AM


You word such beautiful scenes Bill
I was enchanted and enthralled
Hope

Wilfred Yeats
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16 posted 2001-02-08 11:40 AM


Everyone-

Thank you so much for your kind responses - I love you all - really

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